Chrysler and the Fire "rumor mill"

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Apr 16, 2012 | 09:38 PM

ToolManTimTaylor

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Chrysler and the Fire "rumor mill"

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Apr 16, 2012 | 10:54 PM

MortuaR

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I haven't gone through all of those threads... but it sounds like this is mainly happening in automatic (with transmission coolers/hoses). I'm glad I ordered a manual - but those with autos be sure to check that your trans/cooler tubes are not 'weeping' just to be safe. This is a pretty scary situation and seems to be happening at random.

Apr 17, 2012 | 12:17 AM

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It's Politics as usual, the NHTSA won't put a MFG out of business, or cause them harm.
It would be nice to email them your post, thats not what they want, they need fact's not JK-Forum rumors.

Business is in bed with business, and that's is what the NHTSA is, a business. Strict guide line are used when filling out a complaint form with proof, and if somebody forgets to dot the i or cross the T or they don't like the structure, the complaint is tossed out.

Remember our government only has a 20% approval rating why should the NHTSA be any different !

I know the dealers are keeping their mouth shut, they wont bite the hand that feeds them, so it's up to the owners and local governments and court's to bring the alarm

China told chrysler back in 08 because of fires they won't take any JK until they improve the trans cooler, and a few other things, what does that tell you

The NHTSA doesn't know that ----------Bull

Look at the 2012 trans cooler !

I feel they know there are more than fifteen complaints

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Apr 17, 2012 | 08:19 AM

ToolManTimTaylor

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Best advice people ... keep the O.D button off unless on the highway. EVERY auto I ever owned I did as its a habbit. Overdrive @ low rpms = heat. I could get tecnical but its the nature of fluid shear.

The very design of Jeep's sad "Eco" mode puts people @ risk as the only way it will work is in overdrive @ low rpm. I have a hunch that the 2012 redesign may be a realization that the 3.8/4 speed auto with horrible gear splits was not just a longevity concern ...... but a safety one too.

Apr 17, 2012 | 06:26 PM

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Not sure if every owner is covered but I got a notice in the mail last year from Jeep telling me to bring it in for a recall. They changed the weeping hoses but when I went in to pick it up, they wouldn't tell me why they did a mass recall. So I brought up the fire issue, and his jaw almost hit the floor, he got kinda stern, and asked me how I knew so much. I told him the Jeep community talks, and it was on the news. Amazing how the salesmen know so little, and the managers hold so much back. Jerks.

Apr 17, 2012 | 07:51 PM

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Okay, so being an owner of a 2010 auto, what should I be looking at or for?

Apr 17, 2012 | 08:14 PM

MortuaR

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Originally Posted by JK-Firecracker

Okay, so being an owner of a 2010 auto, what should I be looking at or for?

Read through the one listed in the original post labeled 'REAL BAD ONE' - that details it, including pictures. Only 40 or so pages long, quick to flip through lots of useful info.

Chrysler and the Fire "rumor mill"

Chrysler and the Fire "rumor mill"

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